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Palisade Bio Announces First Patient Enrolled and Dosed in Pivotal Phase 3 Study Evaluating LB1148 for Postoperative Return of Bowel Function

08/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Palisade Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALI), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing therapies for acute and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) complications, today announced the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 3 study evaluating LB1148 to accelerate the return of bowel function in adult…

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Sight Sciences Announces Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness Data of Standalone Use of the OMNI® Surgical System in Patients with Open Angle Glaucoma

08/29/2022

Three-year, standalone (not combined with cataract surgery) data shows the non-implantable minimally invasive glaucoma surgery effectively reduces intraocular pressure and reduces need for IOP-lowering medications in open-angle glaucoma patients Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sight Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGHT), an eyecare technology company focused on developing…

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ALX Oncology and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announce the Selection of Evorpacept in the I-SPY-P1 TRIAL in Combination with Enhertu® in Breast Cancer

08/26/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology”) (Nasdaq: ALXO) a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ (“Quantum Leap”) today announced that ALX Oncology’s next generation CD47 blocker, evorpacept, has been selected for…

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CureVac Starts Phase 1 Clinical Study of Modified, Omicron-Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

08/26/2022

Phase 1 dose-escalation study to be conducted at clinical sites in the U.S., the UK, Australia, and the Philippines Milestone demonstrates CureVac’s continued execution on comprehensive clinical program of second-generation vaccine candidates for infectious diseases Excerpt from the Press Release: TÜBINGEN, GERMANY and BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 18, 2022 / CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq:CVAC),…

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CorDx Granted CE Mark for Two Monkeypox Diagnostic Tests

08/25/2022

Diagnostics enable the detection of the monkeypox virus in humans Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — CorDx, a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of diagnostics and medical devices, was recently granted a CE Mark certificate for two of the company’s monkeypox diagnostic tests. The CE Mark,…

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Arcturus Reports Durability Data Against Omicron Variants, Including BA.5, at Six-Month Timepoint Following Booster with ARCT-154 COVID-19 Vaccine

08/25/2022

New clinical data demonstrate high and sustained geometric mean fold rises (GMFR) in neutralizing antibodies against all evaluated Omicron variants Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company”, “Arcturus”, “Arcturus Therapeutics”, Nasdaq: ARCT), a global, late-stage clinical messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and…

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MAPLIGHT THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL FOR ML-007, A NOVEL THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DYSKINESIAS

08/25/2022

First in human study demonstrates positive safety and tolerability profile for MapLight’s M1/M4 muscarinic agonist therapy Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MapLight Therapeutics today announced it has completed its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating ML-007, the second clinical compound developed using the MapLight platform. ML-007 is an M1/M4…

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Valo Health Announces First Patient Dosed in the OPL-0401 Phase 2 study of an oral ROCK1/2 inhibitor for the Treatment of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

08/23/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: Valo’s Opal Computational Platform™ being used to select a patient subset within non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients at high risk of progressing toward vision-threatening disease BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Valo Health, Inc. (“Valo”), the technology company focused on transforming the drug discovery and development process using human-centric data and…

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Dermaliq Therapeutics announces first patient dosed in Phase 1b/2 trial evaluating DLQ02 for treatment of plaque psoriasis

08/23/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dermaliq Therapeutics, Inc. (Dermaliq), a private, clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a focus on dermatology, today announced first patient dosed in a Phase 1b/2a trial with DLQ02, a topical calcineurin inhibitor. The trial is designed to evaluate the safety, systemic absorption, pharmacodynamics, and clinical efficacy of DLQ02 in…

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Disc Medicine Initiates BEACON, a Phase 2 Clinical Study of Bitopertin in Patients with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked Protoporphyria (XLP)

08/22/2022

BEACON study will evaluate bitopertin as a potential disease-modifying treatment for patients with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) or X-linked Protoporphyria (XLP) Key assessments include changes in protoporphyrin IX levels, safety, tolerability and measures of photosensitivity; preliminary data expected by 1H 2023 Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Disc Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology…

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